Christmas

My grocery store has a candy corn display. Candy corn! Really? It’s mid-August, school hasn’t even started yet, and we’re already fast-forwarding to the end of October? I’m not looking forward to school starting again in two weeks, except that maybe having a more stressful schedule will lead me to blog on a more regular basis. Am I the only one that is most productive when they have to juggle a zillion different things? With the summer coming to a…

With Christmas only a half a month away, if you haven’t already started, now’s the time to start shopping for any last minute gifts or stocking stuffers you might need. I myself can be caught shopping a few days before Christmas, but my brother is notorious for going shopping Christmas Eve night. As you know, my old college room mate became a Mrs. this past October. To celebrate her and her husband’s…

If you’re like me, everyone in your house is over the age of 20. It means a better stocked liquor cabinet, but a notable disappearance of PopRocks and dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets from the pantry. Most importantly, no one is there to wake you up early Christmas Day. I must confess, that being the youngest, I was the one responsible for everyone’s early morning wake-up call, but who could sleep when there was a pile of presents waiting downstairs?! This year, when I knock…